Tuesday, June 12, 2018

- Below is new video of Daniel Bryan backstage at tonight's WWE SmackDown, where he will face Shelton Benjamin in singles action. Regarding recent comments from Benjamin, Bryan says he has a lot of respect for Benjamin as they have traveled in a lot of the same circles. They both took different paths after being in WWE developmental - Shelton had early success and then went around the world to win championships everywhere he went, Bryan traveled the world early and won championships everywhere he went, including in WWE.

"Now I have a lot of respect for Shelton because he is a technical master and tonight you are going to see two technical masterminds go at it, at the place I love more than anywhere else, which is SmackDown Live," Bryan continued. "And not only that, we're right here in Memphis. Do you know what Memphis is? Do you know what Memphis is? Memphis is where Occupy RAW happened. 4 years ago, Occupy RAW, right here in Memphis, is what caused me to go against Triple H at WrestleMania XXX and when I won that match, it propelled me into the main event at WrestleMania XXX. All of it happened right here in Memphis because of Occupy RAW. So this building has a special place in my heart and tonight I'm going to wrestle my heart out against Shelton Benjamin."

- WWE has announced that Sin Cara is unable to compete due to a shoulder injury. The storyline is that he suffered the injury during last Tuesday's backstage attack at the hands of Andrade "Cien" Almas.

Cara vs. Almas was set to take place on tonight's SmackDown but the match has been nixed. It should be noted that Cara worked weekend WWE live events, losing to Almas.

Sin Cara not cleared for competition after being attacked by Andrade "Cien" Almas

Sin Cara is not cleared for competition this week, WWE.com has learned.

The masked man was originally scheduled to face his former friend, Andrade "Cien" Almas, tonight on SmackDown LIVE, but due to a shoulder injury suffered when Almas attacked him last Tuesday, Sin Cara will not be able to do battle.

Check back with WWE.com for more on Sin Cara's status as it becomes available.

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